One myth among people who follow Jesus is that God just wants us to be ourselves. We rise, we fall, we succeed, we fail, but as long as we can emerge from it all having “stayed true to ourselves”, we win. We call it authenticity, but might it actually be a kind of idolatry?
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Idols: The High Cost of Chasing Cheap Things
We are grasping for tiny false gods to meet the God-sized needs in our souls. In my experience, the human soul’s deep yearning for God boils down to three needs: LOVE, DIRECTION, APPROVAL.
Idols: When Good Things Become Ultimate
I believe that idolatry is the root of all sin and decadence. Individually, corporately, and globally. Seeking and finding pleasure in things that are created, instead of seeking and finding pleasure in the creator, is the booby trap of society.